It has been followed by Spanish, Italian, French, Filipino, Belgian, Swedish, Mexican, Brazilian, German, and South African iterations.

On March 11, 2024, WOW announced that RuPaul had stepped down as host and judge of the show, but would remain on as executive producer.

Like the American version, RuPaul has several roles within the show, acting as host, coach, and judge.

As the host, RuPaul introduces celebrity guests, announces the challenges the queens will take part in each week, and reveals who will be leaving the competition.

The show uses progressive elimination to reduce the number of drag queens in the competition from the initial field of ten contestants (series 1), down to the final four.

In mini challenges, each contestant is asked to perform a different task with varying requirements and time limitations.

One recurring mini challenge is dedicated to "reading", a drag term for making insulting observations about one's peers for comedic effect, inspired by Paris Is Burning.

The final maxi challenge consisted of the queens taking part in an all-singing and all-dancing routine to one of RuPaul's songs.

A panel of judges cast opinions about the challenge performances and runway looks, first to the contestants onstage, and then again with them offstage.

[10] Fashion Photo RuView, aired for the first season, co-hosted by Raja and Raven who evaluate the runway looks of the main show.

Binge Queens with Kita Mean, Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Jasmine Kennedie and June Jambalaya who threw a couch kiki for a weekly watch party for RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 2).

[11][12] The first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under began airing on 1 May 2021 on Stan in Australia, TVNZ 2 in New Zealand and World of Wonder's WOW Presents Plus streaming service internationally, and ran for 8 episodes.

"[14] According to media reports, the season began filming on 18 January and was scheduled to run through to 14 February 2022.